Trump’s war on Wall Street landlords could raise your rent
Wall Street is “gobbling up” America’s homes. Firms with names like BlackRock (or Blackstone or SablePebble) are shouldering their way...
ICE’s growing lawlessness, briefly explained
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Can the right diet really cure all our health problems?
If there is one universal treatment that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again sees for all of the...
The week Europe fought back
The great Greenland war of 2026 appears to be on hold for the moment. This week’s World Economic Forum in...
“Trump always chickens out,” briefly explained
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One weird thing that’s been holding drug trials back
Here’s something strange about how we test new drugs: Every clinical trial has to pretend that nothing like it has...
An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive
CAIRNS, Australia — “I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge...
Is Trump losing the plot?
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What’s next for Project 2025?
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China is wielding a new kind of power in the world now
To say that China had a successful 2025 would be an understatement. According to President Donald Trump’s campaign agenda and...
A very simple explanation for why politics is broken
In today’s America, the less money a white voter has, the more likely they are to support Donald Trump. Whites...
The real reason people are so passionate about Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry, the Canadian series streaming on HBO Max based on the bestselling romance novels by Rachel Reid, has taken...
Americans don’t trust crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. So, why do they keep giving?
Today, no American tragedy is complete without a GoFundMe. It took less than a week to raise over $1.5 million...
We just took a major step forward in protecting the oceans
In the spring of 2010, I was one of a few journalists invited to travel down to the coast of...
7 predictions for how MAHA will change how Americans eat
Uncle Sam thinks you’re probably eating wrong, and he’s got some advice. Out: processed carbohydrates and added sugar. In: fat...
